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International Law Observer is glad to welcome a guest contribution by Richard Reibstein. Richard Reibstein is an environmental attorney, analyst and trainer with expertise in pollution prevention and regulatory policy innovation. He also teaches environmental law and policy at Boston University. The focus on voluntary reporting, norms, guidance, and the concept that companies can do [...]
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The Joint Committee on Human Rights of House of Lords and House of Commons has just published a Report on Enhancing Parliament’s role in relation to human rights judgments. Here is the summary: This is our fourth report of the Parliament dealing with adverse judgments by the European Court of Human Rights and declarations of [...]
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FORA.TV shows an excerpt from this year’s ASIL annual meeting, which concluded on 27th March. The clips is from the presentation of the current legal adviser of the US state department, Harold Koh. Discussion on the statements made by Harold Koh are ongoing on Opinio Juris.
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The OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises are non-binding principles concerning the conduct of multinational enterprises operating in or from the territories of adhering countries. The Guidelines were first adopted in 1976 as part of the Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. Today, adhering countries include all 30 OECD Members as well as Argentina, Brazil, [...]
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In today’s International Herald Tribune, Candace Rondeaux and Nick Grono of the International Crisis Group argued that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should formalize their investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, now that the Taliban’s military chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been arrested in Pakistan. I believe formalizing such an [...]
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International Law Observer is glad to welcome a guest contribution by Rahim Kanani. Rahim Kanani is a research associate in justice and human rights at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard Kennedy School, where he focuses on the role of NGOs in advancing international justice. He has worked at a variety of institutions [...]
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European Parliament ‘s Committee on Constitutional Affairs held last week a hearing on the institutional aspects of the European Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. A topical intervention was made by Mr Holovaty, of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Sub-Committee on Human [...]
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Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, USA announces a scholarship for one qualified German LL.M. student. The financial aid package will include: * $10,000 tuition scholarship [provided by Washington & Lee Law School] * employment as a research assistant [provided by Washington & Lee Law School] * € 975/month (nine months) [...]
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Yesterday’s EUobserver has a concise and well-written piece on some of the issues which will need addressing as part of the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. This is a topic which is likely to receive a lot of academic attention over the coming months.
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The right to diplomatic and consular protection constitutes an essential entitlement of citizenship of the European Union. This right marks the extension of the institution of EU citizenship to outside the borders of Member States. In that sense, Article 46 of the Charter on Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides: “Every citizen of the [...]
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International Law Observer is glad to announce a guest contribution by Silke Steiner. Silke Steiner is a lecturer and post-doc assistant at the Department of European, International and Comparative Law at the University of Vienna, Austria. She studied law in Graz and EU external relations at the College of Europe, Bruges. During the Austrian presidency of the EU Council, [...]
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The final programme of the Conference on “The Responsibility to Protect: From Principle to Practice” which will be held in Scandic Linköping Väst, Sweden from 8-12 June 2010 has now been published. Speakers include Francis Deng, Edward Luck, Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, Nicolas Michel, Larry May, Daphna Shraga and Paola Gaeta. The full programme is available [...]
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Canada is planning to apply mandatory new rules to certain vessels passing through arctic waters to the north of the country. According to the press release issued by the Canadian government: The proposed regulations would require vessels to report information such as identity and intended route before entering, while operating within and when leaving Canada’s [...]
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